Subscription Plans & Pricing

What does your financial support of Ethnologue go toward?
  • Starter

    Free

    Indefinitely

    Summaries of every language and country

    • Locations
    • Autonyms
    • Population Ranges
    • Language Families
    • Vitality
  • Essentials

    $40 per user/month

    billed annually, or $199 month-to-month

    Detailed profiles on every language and country

      Everything in Starter, plus:
    • Language & Country Populations
    • Geographic Distribution
    • Development, Usage, Second Languages
    • Alternate Language Names
    • Digital Language Support
    • Sample Pages: Honduras, Garifuna

    Free for users in low- and middle-income countries

  • Standard

    $200 per user/month

    billed annually, or $999 month-to-month

    Our complete collection of profiles, maps, and digests

      Everything in Essentials, plus:
    • Interactive language maps
    • Expanded PDF Digests with additional views of data
    • Country-Level Maps
    • Sample Pages: Honduras, Garifuna
  • Custom

    Enterprise

    Multi-user access and system integration options for businesses

Ethnologue offers free or discounted plans that you may be eligible for.

  • Free

    Residents of Low-and Middle-Income Countries

    Users who live in low- and middle-income countries, as defined by World Bank criteria, are eligible for a free Essentials subscription (map). These countries are home to many of the language communities we strive to support, so we provide ready access to those who need minority language information the most.

  • Free

    Data Contributor Program Members

    Ethnologue wouldn't be possible without contributions from our experts, including researchers, signers, and speakers of under-documented languages. With gratitude, we offer free Standard subscriptions to those who contribute their expertise.

  • Discount

    Academic Institutions

    Universities, colleges, schools, and libraries are eligible for discounted enterprise plans.

  • Discount

    Independent Researchers

    Ethnologue offers discounts to language researchers who don't have institutional access.

  • Discount

    Mission Partners

    We invite non-profit organizations whose work aligns with SIL’s Vision to see people flourishing in community using the languages they value most to discuss partnership with us. Select mission partners are eligible for discounts.

Ethnologue exists to provide reliable, up-to-date resources for language research, documentation, and the promotion of language development. We support users who share our goal of advocating for the preservation of languages and cultures that are in danger of disappearing. With the cost of your subscription to Ethnologue, you are directly supporting language development as we maintain and develop the most dedicated service to the world’s language communities.

Every dollar that is generated above the cost of operation for Ethnologue goes directly back into language development or research activities or projects—in 2022 the Ethnologue program is supporting research seminars in countries where language data is either incomplete or outdated. Your partnership with Ethnologue makes it possible for us to continue supporting efforts like these, and to ensure the sustainability of Ethnologue to provide language resources for generations to come.